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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Red Cloud's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Little Crow die?
(a) He is starved to death
(b) He is killed while looking for food
(c) He is hanged for his war crimes
(d) He is taken to Washington and killled by a firing squad

2. In 1865 what US General was preparing a new military initiative against the Indians near the Black Hills?
(a) General Sherman
(b) General Custer
(c) General Sheridan
(d) General Connor

3. After a treaty meeting between US soldiers and Cheyennes chief's this man said, " I felt myself in the presence of superior beings:"
(a) Chief Lean Bear
(b) General Sheridan
(c) Chief One Eye
(d) Major Wynkoop

4. At what fort did several Indian tribes sign a treaty reducing their lands?
(a) Fort Wise
(b) Fort Ridgely
(c) Fort Snelling
(d) Fort Defiance

5. What ultimately happens after the Navajo discover they have been cheated?
(a) The soldiers kill all of the Navajo
(b) The soldiers run the Navajo out of the fort
(c) Chief Manuelito is hanged
(d) Chief Manuelito's prize horse is butchered

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location are most of the Cheyennes Indians massacred?

2. Despite the warning, Connor's men are able to kill about how many indians?

3. The Arapahos scatter and join in with some Sioux Indians, their total number is about how many warriors?

4. What name did the Arapaho give to the attack of Connor's men on the Arapaho village that resulted in the slaughter of 50 Indians?

5. Most of the remaining Cheyennes Indians are removed to an area along what river?

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